[q]Originally posted by: Miss_Angela
Please help!! I am stuck... Here is where I am having issues....[/q]
Hi again. Linda's tutorial is really quite nice, you might want to read it
through.

[q]Ok, the size my banner needs to be is w960 h196 Do I make the canvas this
exact size at the beginning to work with or shrink it later?[/q]
Hmm. I'd make your image larger, so you have some room to work. But, put a
960x196 rectangle at the bottom of your layer stack, so you know where you want
to place things. Then, when you''re done, save a copy, turn off
visibility of all elements except this rectangle, and click on
Modify > Canvas > Trim Canvas
(There are other ways to crop a document, but this is one possible easy way.)

[q]I don't understand if I am supposed to edit an image before I import it in
the banner. I have tried importing a 4x6 image, shrink it, use the magic wand,
use feather, but it doesn't look good at all. [/q]
If you have another image editing program that you're comfortable with, by all
means go ahead and use it. After you shrink an image, try applying some unsharp
mask to make it crisper. It's under
Filters > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask...

[q]When I use the layover color, it just looks like a cover and the picture
does not look sharp. [/q]
I'm not sure what you mean by this.

[q]Is it better to outline the photo and get rid of everything around it? [/q]
If you mean with the lasso tool or something, then probably yes. That way, you
won't have any distracting bits.

[q]Another problem. My website is a blue color (#4682B4) not really dark, but
I want to have maybe the background of the banner white, but the overlap a
lighter blue.. For some reason, the color I use for my canvas is the same color
used for the overlap. I can't figure out how to get around this.[/q]
You can always set a rectangle at the bottom of your layers, but you can
change the canvas color by clicking on
Modify > Canvas > Canvas Color...
and select what you want to have.

[q]In this banner, an example I found online. It looks like someone just
outlined the photos, deleting any background and put them up against a white
background. I don't see how the magic wand works for this.
http://members.optusnet.com.au/willowb71/banner.jpg[/q]
Ah. I getcha now. Try the Lasso selection tool. The magic wand will get
similar colors, so it's only helpful if the background is one color.

[q]I must be doing something wrong. haha[/q]
No, just learning how to do stuff.

:smile;